Alleged motorcycle thief arrested

Alleged motorcycle thief arrested

DENPASAR, Bali: An alleged motorcycle thief, identified as
Sahmin, was arrested on Sunday night at Padangbai Port, some 70
kilometers east of Denpasar.

A police officer said on Monday Sahmin was arrested when he
attempted to board a ship for Lombok with the stolen motorcycle.

Badung Police chief of detectives Sr. Insp. Husein Abubakar
said Sahmin was arrested by Karangasem Police, who seized from
the suspect a Yamaha Force-One motorcycle bearing registration
number DK-5525-DR.

Abubakar said Sahmin was attempting to board a ship bound for
his hometown on Lombok with the stolen motorcycle. However, local
police arrested him when he failed to show ownership papers for
the motorcycle.

He said officers were forced to shoot Sahmin twice in both
legs when he attempted to escape by leaping from the police van.

Abubakar added that the motorcycle, which the suspect
allegedly stole on Wednesday, belonged to a man who worked with
Sahmin on a construction site on Jl. Tunjungsari in Kuta.
(zen/lup)